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Restart of Japan's First Nuclear Reactor Post Fukushima Disaster Delayed
- Tuesday June 2, 2015
- World News | Reuters
Japan's Kyushu Electric Power said today it has delayed the restart of its Sendai nuclear plant in southwestern Japan, the first to be brought back into service under new rules introduced after the 2011 Fukushima disaster.
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Japanese Regulator Approves Restart of First Nuclear Reactors
- Wednesday September 10, 2014
- World News | Reuters
Japan's nuclear regulator gave the go-ahead on Wednesday for the restart of a nuclear power station, the first step to reopening an industry that was mothballed after the Fukushima disaster and which may involve the definitive closure of a dozen old plants.
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Angry Scenes as Japan's TEPCO Shareholders Demand Closure of Fukushima's Atomic Plants
- Thursday June 26, 2014
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Furious shareholders of the company that runs Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear power station joined campaigners Thursday to demand the permanent closure of the utility's atomic plants as it held its annual meeting.
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Highly radioactive water pouring out of Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant
- Wednesday August 7, 2013
- World News | Reuters
Highly radioactive water from Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant is pouring out at a rate of 300 tonnes a day, officials said today, as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ordered the government to step in and help in the clean-up.
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Japan nuclear regulator alarmed at Fukushima contamination reports
- Wednesday July 10, 2013
- World News | Reuters
Japan's nuclear regulator expressed growing alarm on Wednesday at increased contamination beside the seafront of the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station and urged the plant's operators to take protective measures.
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TEPCO to ask for permission to restart Fukushima reactors
- Tuesday July 2, 2013
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Fukushima operator TEPCO said on Tuesday it would ask Japan's nuclear watchdog for permission to restart reactors at the world's largest atomic power station, its first such request since the disaster two years ago.
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UN's nuclear watchdog: Rajasthan reactors are among world's safest
- Thursday November 15, 2012
- India News | Pallava Bagla
The International Atomic Energy Agency concluded that the indigenous 220 MW reactors at the Rajasthan Atomic Power Station are among the world's best and can even withstand a Fukushima type accident.
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More radioactive water leaks at Japanese plant
- Monday December 5, 2011
- World News | Hiroko Tabuchi and Martin Fackler, The New York Times
At least 45 tons of highly radioactive water have leaked from a purification facility at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station, and some of it may have reached the Pacific Ocean, the plant's operator said Sunday.
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Japan: Spent fuel hampers efforts at nuclear plant
- Wednesday March 23, 2011
- World News | Hiroko Tabuchi,David Jolly and Kevin Drew, The New York Times
Workers at Japan's ravaged nuclear power plant on Tuesday renewed a bid to bring its command centres back into service and to restore electricity to vital cooling systems, but an overheating spent fuel pool hampered efforts and raised the threat of further radiation leaks. The storage pool at Fukushima Daiichi Power Station's No. 2 Reactor, which h...
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Workers flee Japan nuclear plant as smoke rises
- Monday March 21, 2011
- World News | The Associated Press
Grey smoke rose from two reactor units on Monday, temporarily stalling critical work to reconnect power lines and restore cooling systems to stabilize Japan's radiation-leaking nuclear complex.Workers are racing to bring the nuclear plant under control, but the process is proceeding in fits and starts, stalled by incidents like the smoke and by the...
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Japan: Progress at nuclear reactors; new signs of food radiation
- Monday March 21, 2011
- World News | Hiroko Tabuchi and Norimitsu Onishi, The New York Times
Japan appeared to make moderate progress in stabilizing some of the nuclear reactors at the stricken Fukushima Daiichi power plant on Sunday, but at the same time it disclosed new signs of radioactive contamination in agricultural produce and livestock.The government said it was barring all shipments of milk from Fukushima Prefecture and shipments ...
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Emergency cooling effort failing at Japanese reactor, deepening crisis
- Tuesday March 15, 2011
- World News | Hiroko Tabuchi, Keith Bradsher and Matt Wald, New York Times
Japan's struggle to contain the crisis at a stricken nuclear power plant worsened sharply early Tuesday morning, as emergency operations to pump seawater into one crippled reactor failed at least temporarily, increasing the risk of an uncontrolled release of radioactive material, officials said. With the cooling systems malfunctioning simultaneousl...
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Third reactor loses cooling at Japan nuclear plant
- Monday March 14, 2011
- World News | Associated Press
The operator of a quake-stricken nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan says a third reactor has lost its cooling capacity, which could lead to overheating and an explosion similar to two blasts at its other reactors.Tokyo Electric Power Co. official Takako Kitajima said Monday that plant workers were preparing to inject seawater into the Fukush...
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Japan earthquake: Nuclear crisis spreads to fourth plant
- Sunday March 13, 2011
- World News | Hiroko Tabuchi, Matthew L Wald, New York Times
Japanese officials struggled on Sunday to contain a quickly escalating nuclear crisis in the aftermath of a devastating earthquake and tsunami, saying they presumed that partial meltdowns had occurred at two crippled reactors, and that they were bracing for a second explosion, even as they appeared to face cooling problems at two more plants and in...
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Restart of Japan's First Nuclear Reactor Post Fukushima Disaster Delayed
- Tuesday June 2, 2015
- World News | Reuters
Japan's Kyushu Electric Power said today it has delayed the restart of its Sendai nuclear plant in southwestern Japan, the first to be brought back into service under new rules introduced after the 2011 Fukushima disaster.
- www.ndtv.com
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Japanese Regulator Approves Restart of First Nuclear Reactors
- Wednesday September 10, 2014
- World News | Reuters
Japan's nuclear regulator gave the go-ahead on Wednesday for the restart of a nuclear power station, the first step to reopening an industry that was mothballed after the Fukushima disaster and which may involve the definitive closure of a dozen old plants.
- www.ndtv.com
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Angry Scenes as Japan's TEPCO Shareholders Demand Closure of Fukushima's Atomic Plants
- Thursday June 26, 2014
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Furious shareholders of the company that runs Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear power station joined campaigners Thursday to demand the permanent closure of the utility's atomic plants as it held its annual meeting.
- www.ndtv.com
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Highly radioactive water pouring out of Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant
- Wednesday August 7, 2013
- World News | Reuters
Highly radioactive water from Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant is pouring out at a rate of 300 tonnes a day, officials said today, as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ordered the government to step in and help in the clean-up.
- www.ndtv.com
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Japan nuclear regulator alarmed at Fukushima contamination reports
- Wednesday July 10, 2013
- World News | Reuters
Japan's nuclear regulator expressed growing alarm on Wednesday at increased contamination beside the seafront of the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station and urged the plant's operators to take protective measures.
- www.ndtv.com
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TEPCO to ask for permission to restart Fukushima reactors
- Tuesday July 2, 2013
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Fukushima operator TEPCO said on Tuesday it would ask Japan's nuclear watchdog for permission to restart reactors at the world's largest atomic power station, its first such request since the disaster two years ago.
- www.ndtv.com
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UN's nuclear watchdog: Rajasthan reactors are among world's safest
- Thursday November 15, 2012
- India News | Pallava Bagla
The International Atomic Energy Agency concluded that the indigenous 220 MW reactors at the Rajasthan Atomic Power Station are among the world's best and can even withstand a Fukushima type accident.
- www.ndtv.com
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More radioactive water leaks at Japanese plant
- Monday December 5, 2011
- World News | Hiroko Tabuchi and Martin Fackler, The New York Times
At least 45 tons of highly radioactive water have leaked from a purification facility at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station, and some of it may have reached the Pacific Ocean, the plant's operator said Sunday.
- www.ndtv.com
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Japan: Spent fuel hampers efforts at nuclear plant
- Wednesday March 23, 2011
- World News | Hiroko Tabuchi,David Jolly and Kevin Drew, The New York Times
Workers at Japan's ravaged nuclear power plant on Tuesday renewed a bid to bring its command centres back into service and to restore electricity to vital cooling systems, but an overheating spent fuel pool hampered efforts and raised the threat of further radiation leaks. The storage pool at Fukushima Daiichi Power Station's No. 2 Reactor, which h...
- www.ndtv.com
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Workers flee Japan nuclear plant as smoke rises
- Monday March 21, 2011
- World News | The Associated Press
Grey smoke rose from two reactor units on Monday, temporarily stalling critical work to reconnect power lines and restore cooling systems to stabilize Japan's radiation-leaking nuclear complex.Workers are racing to bring the nuclear plant under control, but the process is proceeding in fits and starts, stalled by incidents like the smoke and by the...
- www.ndtv.com
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Japan: Progress at nuclear reactors; new signs of food radiation
- Monday March 21, 2011
- World News | Hiroko Tabuchi and Norimitsu Onishi, The New York Times
Japan appeared to make moderate progress in stabilizing some of the nuclear reactors at the stricken Fukushima Daiichi power plant on Sunday, but at the same time it disclosed new signs of radioactive contamination in agricultural produce and livestock.The government said it was barring all shipments of milk from Fukushima Prefecture and shipments ...
- www.ndtv.com
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Emergency cooling effort failing at Japanese reactor, deepening crisis
- Tuesday March 15, 2011
- World News | Hiroko Tabuchi, Keith Bradsher and Matt Wald, New York Times
Japan's struggle to contain the crisis at a stricken nuclear power plant worsened sharply early Tuesday morning, as emergency operations to pump seawater into one crippled reactor failed at least temporarily, increasing the risk of an uncontrolled release of radioactive material, officials said. With the cooling systems malfunctioning simultaneousl...
- www.ndtv.com
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Third reactor loses cooling at Japan nuclear plant
- Monday March 14, 2011
- World News | Associated Press
The operator of a quake-stricken nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan says a third reactor has lost its cooling capacity, which could lead to overheating and an explosion similar to two blasts at its other reactors.Tokyo Electric Power Co. official Takako Kitajima said Monday that plant workers were preparing to inject seawater into the Fukush...
- www.ndtv.com
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Japan earthquake: Nuclear crisis spreads to fourth plant
- Sunday March 13, 2011
- World News | Hiroko Tabuchi, Matthew L Wald, New York Times
Japanese officials struggled on Sunday to contain a quickly escalating nuclear crisis in the aftermath of a devastating earthquake and tsunami, saying they presumed that partial meltdowns had occurred at two crippled reactors, and that they were bracing for a second explosion, even as they appeared to face cooling problems at two more plants and in...
- www.ndtv.com